War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Another of the ‘canary in a coal mine‘ motif, this one via butterflies. Two years ago in the UK, a bunch of people calling themselves ‘citizen scientists,’ took part in the first Big Butterfly Count to much-better track their slowly disappearing butterfly species — 10,000 people participated in the original, 34,000 last year, no telling…
Quiet this morning up here along California’s northern coast with the sun trying in vain to slither through an Old Testament-looking sky, featuring epic clouds and small patches of clear blue way up yonder. A condition which gives the air a kind of golden hue. This marks the return of daily blogging — not only…
Another morning and another middle of the week — no horrible news to report this morning as I slept in an extra hour, just the continued death of life as we know it. Fog covers California’s northern coast, but if current weather continues to hold, the day should turn out to be warm and sunny…
Culture and guns and life: “Life’s about film stars and less about mothers Its all about fast cars and passing each other But it doesn’t matter cause I’m packing plastic and that’s what makes my life so fucking fantastic … And I am a weapon of massive consumption and its not my fault its how…
Even as this work week starts, the political bile never gets a day off as the presidential campaign is geared and rigged to be as mean and nasty as possible. And so way-hypocritical by the way of the bonkers GOP. The Donald Trump claims (among a shitload of others) that how President Obama running the…
AFTERNOON UPDATE (Below) One can truly believe Republicans are all mouth but no brains — knock it down without any talk of an alternative: In the last year and a half, House Republicans have sent the Senate just one 36-page bill designed to limit medical malpractice lawsuits, despite pledging to develop detailed legislation to slow…
Early this Tuesday, not quite 4 A.M. here on California’s northern coast, a morning of cool, moist fog with a day ahead of most likely the same — the sun might burn it off later on, then again it might not. A much-horrible contrast to the rest of the US. The eastern seaboard and mid-section…
Here on California’s northern coast it’s cool and moist way-early this July 4, and most-likely will evolve into another sweet day — clear and warm. Nowadays, the word, ‘warm,’ however, is way-relative. Travel just a few miles east and temperatures start climbing — while it’s 60 degrees here at the coast, it’s at least 10…
Although prices at us gas pumps are down and people will still hit the road this week, they won’t spend much along the way, especially for patriotic merchandise, including flags, apparel and decorations. And the mood is too hot to really enjoy the fabled July 4 fireworks — about a third of the country was…
In a time when time waits for no sonofabitch, our climate is shifting right in front of our eyes and noses. Only ignorance or delusion could keep anyone from becoming fairly alarmed at the state of our only living space, and with the environment apparently going through big, big changes, humanity is right on the…